Chaperone Common

Chaperone has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

chaperon chaperone

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

Verb

accompany as a chaperone

chaperone chaperon

To act as a chaperone.

See Also

holdase calnexin nucleoplasmin chaperonin chaperonopathy pharmacochaperone chaperome chaperoneship

Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

defender escort

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

den mother duenna housemother

Rhyming Words

one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone

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